Marcel was pretty notorius for pressing records without a bands permission. Anyone who was actually around for the Sombre days knows this...

I don't think the Moonblood LP's are boots though. I mean what other format is Taste Our German Steel available on publically? Half the songs appear on their rehearsal tapes, but the LP versions are much better sounding quality. Also the alternate art of the Blut & Krieg LP from the tape is pretty good quality, i doubt it's boot. Also moonblood site back in 2001 or whenever it was made used to say you can still get LPs by contacting Sombre, so I don't think they would be boots.

I enjoyed the BM issue. Anice change of pace from their usual Metalcore AND Deathcore fixation.

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Is this the legacy MOONBLOOD wants? Is being featured in Terrorizer as a collector's item really better than being featured as a band?

The whole limitation thing has totally backfired.

I stand by the idea that labels like EAL started pressing records in such limited quantities based on demand and the idea that those who truly wanted them would get them. Granted there did not appear to be any scientific strategy behind these pressings, but late '99 when they started putting vinyl out, the Black Legion trend hadn't surfaced and those bands were for the most part, truly maligned. It's easy to say in hindsight that limiting records to 100 or 333 copies was a clever ploy, but it's not the label who benefits, rather one of the recipients who manages to sell off one of these releases for a considerable profit.

I do agree that many have come along since and restricted quantities in the hope that this scenario will manifest, but in such a fickle sort of scene I don't believe there are too many labels out there who can truly forecast some sort of goldmine..._________________Ashes to ashes
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Probably the magazine found the highest selling auctions for each of these records so people will be like "wow...people who collect records actually spend £400 for these? They must be good."

As for the whole limitations by EAL etc, it's probably half-true. Before the hype, bands like Moonblood and Mutiilation and Vlad Tepes would sell rather slowly. I think I remember FMP having the Vlad Tepes demos until like 2002 and only having sold about 100-200 out of the 1000 units after all that time, then all of a sudden there was a lot of demand for them and they sold like hot cakes.

I stand by the idea that labels like EAL started pressing records in such limited quantities based on demand and the idea that those who truly wanted them would get them. Granted there did not appear to be any scientific strategy behind these pressings, but late '99 when they started putting vinyl out, the Black Legion trend hadn't surfaced and those bands were for the most part, truly maligned. It's easy to say in hindsight that limiting records to 100 or 333 copies was a clever ploy, but it's not the label who benefits, rather one of the recipients who manages to sell off one of these releases for a considerable profit.

Mutiilation was already very popular by the time EAL got around to releasing their stuff on vinyl. They could've easily moved 1000 copies of Vampires without any problem. I never understood why they only did 99._________________NWN Fest Vol. IV Tickets here: http://nwnfest.storenvy.com/